Compressing files with Ubuntu 9.04

[Daniel Mons]

Geoffrey Combes wrote:
> I presume that there are commands for compressing (zipping) files 
> individually.
> However is there a Linux software package like Winzip for use with Ubuntu?
> Geoffrey Combes

"File Roller" is built into GNOME (the default desktop with Ubuntu).

http://fileroller.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html

You can simply right-click on selected files to add them to an archive.
 Likewise double-clicking on an existing archive will open it up and
allow you to decompress the contents.

If you need support for other compression types, install the following
packages via your package manager:

unrar (RAR support)
p7zip (7-Zip support)
zip, unzip (PKZip format)

Once they're installed, File Roller will pick them up as valid
(de)compression options.

-Dan